Lifetime Community Violence Exposure and Health Risk Behavior among Young Adults in College
โ Scribed by Sonya S. Brady
- Book ID
- 116593109
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1054-139X
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## Research has shown a relationship between community violence exposure and heightened aggression in young adults (Scarpa, in press ). This study tests the role of psychophysiological functioning in mediating this relationship. Fifty-four university students (mean age ฯญ 20.25) were selected from
## Abstract An initial study of young adults with high and low exposure to community violence found that aggression was related to increased baseline heart rate variability (HRV), reduced baseline heart rate (HR), and increased poststressor cortisol level. Based upon previous research on biosocial